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Famous people · Dow City

Dow City is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Most widely known is James W. Griffin, the American politician, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Clarion Hardy, the American football and baseball coach. Clarion Hardy, born in 1877, is the earliest name and James W. Griffin, born in 1935, the latest. Famous people are on record for 486 of the towns in Iowa.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
James W. Griffin
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Clarion Hardy
Youngest
1935
James W. Griffin
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known

Born in Dow City

JG#1
Politics & Law

James W. Griffin

1935–2023

American politician

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CH#2
Sports

Clarion Hardy

1877–1936

American football and baseball coach

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dow City and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.